diff --git a/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service b/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service
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index 0000000..623f73e
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+++ b/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=SSH Key Generation
+ConditionPathExists=|!/etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend b/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
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index 0000000..36c0dcd
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+++ b/common/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
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+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+SRC_URI += "file://dropbearkey.service"